Linotype-machine.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

D. PETRI-PALME'DO. LINOTYPB MAGHINE. APPLIOATION nun rnn.z. 1905.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID PElRl-PALMEDO, OF HOBOKEN. NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A GORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed February 2, 1905. Serial N0. 243,839.

T0 all whom z'15 may concerw Be it known that I, DAVID PETRI-PAL- MEDO of Hoboken, eounty of Hudsonand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Maohines, of whioh the following is a speoifioation.

My invention has reference to Mergenthaler linotype-maehines of the general charaoter shown in United States Letters Patent N0. 436,532. As these maohines are ordinarily construeted the inolined ohanneled magazine reoeives the matrioes at its upper end from the overlying distributer through a ourvecl ohanneled throat or guicle plate. The matrioes falling from the distributer into the ohannels of this throat-plate deseend therethrough by gravity and pass into the oorresponding ohannels of the magazine. lt occasionally happens that the channels get out of line and tl1at the matrioes Will lodge in tl1em at or near the upper end of the magazine, so that it beoomes necessary to gain acoess to the ehannels. Heretofore it has been oustomary to eut-baek or shorten the top plate of the magazine and to olose the opening thus made by a plate or bar hinged to the magazine, so that it may be turned upward at Will. The employment of this plate is objectionable, beoause it reduoes the length of the available ehannels and the number of matrioes Whi0h may be stored in the magazine and also beoause it isa matter of annoyanoe and liable to be broken or bent when the magazine is removed from the maohine, this removal being frequently made in order to permit the substitution of another magazine oontaining matrioes of a different font.

The aim of my invention is to provide eheaper and more oonvenient means which Will serve the double purpose of giving aeeess to the ohannels and of elosing the upper end of the magazine when it is detached from the machine in order to prevent the aeoidental escape of matrioes or the entrance of foreign matter.

T0 tl1is end it consists br'oadly in combining with the upper end ofthe magazine a hinged plate Whi0l1 Will Overlie the throat or entranoe and serve as a oover therefor when the maohine is in aotion and also serve when the magazine is removed as a cover or lid for its end.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertieal seetion through the reoeiving end of the magazine and the throat or entranoe With my improvement applied, the parts being in operative osition. Fig. 2 is a seotional view of the upper end of the magazine removed from the machine with the lid 0r oover olosed. Fig. 3 is a rear view of one side of the hinged plate sl1own in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspeotive view of the upper part of the magazine with the lid or Cover down over the mouth.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the ohanneled magazine, oomposed of parallel top and bottom plates having their inner surfaoes provided witl1 longitudinal grooves or ohannels to reeeive and guide the upper and lower edges of the matrioes B.

C represents a channeled guide or entrance whieh reoeives the matrioes from the distributer and delivers tl1em into the magazine. This entrance in modern machines is ordinarily hinged to the main frame, as shown at D or otherwise mounted so that it may be turned baokward away from the magazine and so that it may remain upon the main frame when the magazine is removed.

I construct my magazine Witl1 both the top and bottom plates extended to its upper end, as sl1own, and to the top of the magazine I oonnect a transverse plate E loy hinged joints F of any suitable oonstruction. In the form shown the jointed or hinged conneotion consists of an annular plate or ringf, se-

oured to the end of the plate E and arranged to revolve around the ciroular hub or projeotion f seoured to the side of the magazine. The oenter of this joint is eoincident With the upper oorner of the magazine in order to permit the desoribecl motion of the plate. The only requirement is tl1at the center of the hinge or oint should be looated to admit of the plate E closing over and against the end of the magazine, as shown in Fig. 2, or swinging upward to the position shown in Fig. l to admit the matrioes thereunder to the magazine. When the parts are in operative position, this plate rests upon and serves as a portion of the top of the throat C, olosing its channels at the top and preventing the aooidental upward escape of the matrices, which are oompelled to pass thereunoler into the magazine. WVhile the machine is in aetion this plate may be turned upward and backward, as indieated in dotted lines in Fig. l,

t0 give access t0 the channels 01 the thront and 0'f the upper end 0f the magazine. VVhen the magazine is removed from the 1nachine, the plate nmy be turned downward across its end, as shown in Fig. 2, in Whi0h position it serves as a cover or lid, efl'ectually closing the end of the1nagazine.

lt Will be observed that the jointed plate assumes in practice three positionsone f01 the pu1pose 0f closing the end 01 the magnzine, another f01 the purpose 0f overlying and guiding the 1natrices as they pass into the magazine, and a thi1d f01 the purpose 0f giving access t0 the upper edges 0'f the channe1s in the throat th1ough which the matrices pass t0 the magazine.

The hinge Connections 1nay be 0'f any suitable construction which will pennit the movement refened t0.

Locking devices 0f any suitable character may be employed t0 hold the plate E in its closed position.

The loek 01' device shown in the dmwings consists 0f a spring-armj, secured t0 the turning memberfand provided With lockingpinsf, extended inward and adapted 150 engage in a corresponding cavity in the 1ne1n berf', as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

Having described n1y invention, what I claim is l. The detachable channeled linotypemagazine substantially as shownin c01nbination With the transverse plate E, jointed t0 its uppef end and adaptecl t0 assu1ne three positions, for the urposes Tespectiv aly, 01 closing the end 0f the magazine, or overljdng and guiding the ingoing matrices, and 0f giving access to the channels through which the matrices enter.

2. In a linotype-machine, the combination 0f a removable 1nagazine A, a throat 01 entmnce, C, connnunicating therewith, and a oover-plate, E, hinged to the magazine, for the double purpose 01" affording access t0 alle channels when the parts are in operativeposition, and 01" closing the magazine when the latter is removed.

3. In a linotype-nmchine, the combination 0f the magazine A, the channeled throat C, connnunicating therewith, und a cover-plate E, jointed t0 the upper side of the 1nagazine and adapted t0 overlie the thront when the magazine is in aotion, and t0 close the end 0f the magazine when it 1's removed.

4. In a linotype-nmehine, the cornbination 0f the 1nagazinc A, the coperating throat C, mounted to turn backward from the magazinc, und a cover-plate E hinged to the magazine and adapted to c10se its end when the thront is rmnovod, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my band, this 27th day 0f J anuary, 1905, in the presence 0f tw0 attestihg witnesses.

DAVID PETRI-PALMEDO.

Witnesses JOHN F. GEORGE, K. L. BRENNAN. 

